We know it was her – showing us that she is here and her magic continues. I miss her terribly though and will be looking for rainbows, hunting for lucky pennies and wishing on every shooting star until I see her again.
But she is one of those types of people that had a magical effect on those around her, no matter the circumstance. On our way home it started to rain through the sun in that perfect summer kind of way, and a fairytale double rainbow appeared.
Nor was the fact that her last days were spent visiting with the doctors and nurses and nurses assistants who came to visit her and be by her side during their off hours to sit with her as she lived through what can only be described as Gethsemane trials.
Her last words were 'I love you', which isn't surprising at all to anyone who knew her, neither is the fact that she said it to a grandchild who remained by her side through it all.
My mother passed away holding my hand on the morning of July 5th, 2024, after a shockingly brief period of illness. She passed as she lived, surrounded by family, hugging her grandchildren, and imminently concerned for the people around her more than herself.
They made a stage musical loosely based on this and it was possibly even more horrifying. It was so weird and strange it only ran on Broadway for about a week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKPI...
This footage was found within the New York State Archives. Their site claims that no copyright restrictions apply.Raggedy Ann: The Musical Adventure (aka Rag...
my elderly Egyptian Uber driver happily informed me that he “supports the gays now” because he lives with a lesbian couple and “the husband lesbian is a better husband than I was”, happy pride everyone
Is anyone going to do anything? Ever? What's it going to take? You can't put out a song with an uncleared sample without putting yourself in legal jeopardy; meanwhile these people are openly stealing all of human creation and bragging about it! www.nytimes.com/2024/04/06/t...
I have never met a librarian anywhere on this earth who didn't believe that access to knowledge is a basic human right, and who wasn't completely feisty about it.